Meanwhile, Hu Liena and Zhao Zilong, having left Spirit Hall, walked down the street. Hu Liena said in a somewhat seductive tone, "Who would have thought that after such a short time, the two of us would become fellow disciples? Teacher had been keeping an eye on you for a long time. She was the one who instructed me to meet you during the preliminaries."
Zhao Zilong looked at Hu Liena and asked, "You mean she noticed me a long time ago? Just so she could take me as her disciple?"
"What do you mean, 'she'? You should call her Teacher." Hu Liena was immediately displeased by Zhao Zilong's form of address. She held her teacher, Bibi Dong, in the highest respect.
Zhao Zilong immediately realized he had spoken too quickly and said awkwardly, "Yes, yes, please forgive me, Senior Sister. I should call her Teacher. But I'm only a mere Soul Ancestor. Why would Teacher pay attention to me? Could it really be because my talent is somewhat high?"
Hu Liena rolled her eyes at that. Somewhat high? His talent was freakishly good, all right?
Hu Liena considered herself a genius, yet she had only reached Soul Ancestor at fifteen and Soul King at twenty. Zhao Zilong, on the other hand, was only fourteen and already a level 46 Soul Ancestor. Was that merely somewhat talented?
Hearing such an outrageous humblebrag, Hu Liena felt the urge to hit him. She said coldly, "Why don't you ask Teacher yourself?"
"No need for that." Zhao Zilong smiled sheepishly. Though he did not know what Bibi Dong was thinking, he was only a little Soul Ancestor. Surely he could not have caught Bibi Dong's eye?
Bibi Dong had probably learned from Qian Renxue that he was from Sea God Island, so she